Posts Tagged “Daytona Prototype”

Short and sweet this weekend… I’ve talked about Grand-Am Daytona Prototypes before, so I won’t do a complete recap. I will say this Daytona Prototype is ran by Michael Shank Racing. It’s powered by a Roush Yates power plant, producing the spec ~500HP, mated to a 5 speed transmission, and tipping the scale at 2,300lbs. […]

So, what exactly is a Grand-Am Daytona Prototype (DP)? Starting in 2003, Grand-Am created a series to keep the price of race cars / race car development from skyrocketing, yet keep the cars very “raceable”. We aren’t talking spec-miatas here, these are full on race cars with 500HP and aerodynamics at play. To race in […]